About Cape Escape Mountain Biking Tours
Cape Escape Mountain Biking Tours is one of Cape Town's longest-running MTB tour operators, founded in 1995 and based at the foot of Table Mountain. Owner-guide Patrick has spent nearly three decades exploring every rideable trail in the Western Cape and now leads riders through the region's best singletrack, forest trails, and mountain passes on half-day, full-day, and multi-day guided trips.
Their route selection covers the full spectrum of Cape Town's terrain — from flowing singletrack through Tokai Forest and the Silvermine Nature Reserve to technical descents off Devil's Peak, wine farm trails in Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, and multi-day overnight tours linking mountain passes and coastal paths. Bikes, helmets, gloves, and nutrition are provided on all tours, with high-end hardtails and full-suspension rigs available. Routes are tailored to the group's fitness and skill level, from casual social rides to serious enduro descents.
Cape Escape's competitive advantage is simply time on the trails — very few operators anywhere in Africa have been running MTB tours for close to 30 years. That depth of experience means Patrick knows which trails are in condition on any given day, where the best viewpoints are, and how to avoid the crowds. It is a genuinely personal, local-knowledge-driven operation that outshines the cookie-cutter group tours.
